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It seems out of place in this age of virtual participation, to see four women, mostly older, in long colorful skirts, walking in line carrying a copper pail full of
It seems out of place in this age of virtual participation, to see four women, mostly older, in long colorful skirts, walking in line carrying a copper pail full of
NEW RICHMOND --- Songbirds serenaded the women in long skirts as they gathered on a small bridge near the Willow River headwaters. Anticipation hung in the cool morning air as the walkers awaited a ceremony long delayed out of concern for a dangerous virus. Instructions were shared, questions answered as a circle formed and women counted off into groups of four. Water, ânibiâ in the language of the Ojibwe, gathered from the Willowâs headwater is poured into a copper kettle. Faint white tendrils of smoke weave the smell of tobacco, âasema,â through the circle. ...